Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29783, Job Emery, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Emery, Job.
8 29 783
CONTENTS

No. 259 Maine
1887 Jan'y 8 J. S. Hopkins with History Prior
Job Emery of York Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woods - of the Reg't commanded by Col Baldwin in the Massachusetts for Troops -
21 Mo 12 ds - Pr - $ 71. 31
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of $ 71 - Dollars 31 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1833 and sent to, H Palmer, Kennebec, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 142.62 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 35.65
July 27. 1832 $ 178.27
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 13.

I Job Emery of Kennebec in the County of York and State of Maine aged about eighty seven years testify and declare that I was placed on the pension list of the United States under the law of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 - for services as a private soldier in Captain Woods company in Col Baldins Regiment of the Massachusetts line in the continental establishment and services more fully set forth in my original application for said pension which was sent to the War Department -
And I the said Job Emery further testify and declare that I have been stricken from the pension roll on account of property as I was informed - I applied for the continuance of my pension in 1829 under the construction which Mr Porter the then secretary of War gave to the pension law but was not successful. I lived in that part of Wells in the State of Maine which is now called Kennebec when I made my original application for a pension. I was born in and have always resided in what is now called Kennebec. It may be that my services in the militia were not all set forth in my original application. I served twenty two months in the revolutionary war.
Job Emery
United States of America State of Maine.
Personally appeared the above named Job Emery and acknowledged the above declaration.
July 23. 1832
Arthur Warr
Judge of the U.S. Dist. Ct. Dist. of Maine.

I certify that the witness named Job Emery was unable to attend to make his declaration in form but on account of bodily indisposition
Adams Warren Judge etc
And the said Judge declares his opinion that the witness named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
John Mufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Job Emery for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal official this seventh day of August A.D. 1832
John Mufsey Clerk
Job Emery claims no other service for the foundation of his pension under the law of the 7th of June 1832 than is satisfactorily shown to have been performed by his original declaration and the evidence on which his original pension certificate was granted. He will be satisfied with the decision of the Department in reference to it -
B Palmer for said Emery before

Job Emery
Old paper under act of 1818 wanted
No-1
See certificate at bottom within made by authority - — —
Sept 1819
Adm c
21 mo's 12 days
$ 71.31
B. Palmer Esq Resmebank Me

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
May 5 1829.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. I. Edwards
To Mr. Job Emery Care of B. Palmer Esq. Kennebec. Me.

State of Maine York ss. Kennebec July 24 - 1832 Then personally appeared Job Emery of Kennebec who subscribed to the annexed declaration and sworn to before Judge Wood and made oath that the original certificate the evidence of his having been placed on the pension
The certificate of the proper officer that Barnabas Palmer is a justice of the peace should that he required here may be found in nearly every case of the package of upwards of forty in which this is conveyed -
For further identity of Job Emery see his application to be restored to the Pension list in 1829 - and also the letter from the Department dated May 5 1829 to B. Palmer mentioning said Emery's case and fifteen or twenty others nearly all of whose declarations are now in the package with this -
Barnabas Palmer

State of Maine
York ss. Kennebec July 24 - 1832 Then personally appeared Job Emery of Kennebec who subscribed to the annexed declaration and sworn to before judge Wedge and made oath that the original certificate the evidence of his having been placed on the pension list is lost and that he has no recollection of it for more than ten years past.
Barnabas Palmer Justice of the Peace -

Job Emery's Application for Pension.
$500 not entitled
Sep 19

State of Maine.
County of York, ss.
ON this 11 th day of February 1829 in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas — held at Alfred — within and for the County of York on the Second Tuesday of February A. D. 1829 Present the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman Chief Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said county,
personally appeared Job Emery of Kennebec — resident in said county aged Seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st May 1820, that he the said Job Emery — enlisted for the term of one year day of December in the year 1795 — in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Wood — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in said corps until December 1776 — when he was discharged from the said service, in Monmouth in the State of New Jersey that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Job Emery

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
I own half of about thirty acres of Land situated in the lower part of Kennebunk in common and undivided with Amaziah Noble and the old house thereon which I live. I own one Yoke of oxen and one cow, some trifling farming utensils. and cooking utensils, &c.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Job Emery who, by occupation am a Mariner which I am now able to pursue by reason of old old age and infirmities.
Job Emery
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Myself 78   Kezia my wife 66 many years a cripple unable even to feed herself by reason of Rheumatism  
THAT since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
All the real estate above described was formerly mine but I have sold to Amaziah Noble one half of the whole for the sum of $300 which sum went to the support of My family and the discharge of some debts I then owed. I have sold to Benjamin Wentworth four acres of Marsh for the sum of $100. which has also been applied to my family's use. This was my most valuable land. I owe Dr Smart and Dr Langdon about $50. for medical services to myself and wife.
SWORN to and declared on the 11 th day of February 1829 before
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Job Emery did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five hundred dollars and the income cons. thereof thirty dollars yearly or no more
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of March — 1829
Jere. Bradbury CLERK of the C.C.P.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 10, 1925.
Mrs. Ellsworth L. Kelley, 25 Seward St., Putnam, CONN.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.29783 , it appears that Job Emery was born in Wells, Maine.
He enlisted May 1, 1775, as a private in Captain James Hubbard's Company, Colonel Doolittle's Massachusetts Regiment, and served eight months.
He enlisted in January 1776 and served one year and six weeks as private in Captain John Wood's Company, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, while a resident of Wells (later Kennebunk) Maine, aged sixty-seven years.
In 1829 soldier referred to his wife, Keziah, aged sixty-six years. The only children mentioned are Philip, Joshua and Thomas.
In 1832 soldier resided in said Kennebunk and he

died July 27, 1832.
The above noted is the only Job Emery found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Note
(2 nd service). Iol stated that he enl for a yr - said Term of enl. expired in Jan '77 after which he served 6 wks more, therefore I used Jan '76 as date of enl. That agrees with Col Baldwin's service in the Cont. (Wars) Regt.                     u m

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Job Emery a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 29,783
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 1. 75 8 mos. Pri. James Hubbard Dootittle Mass.   Nov. Jan'y 76 1 yr. 6 wks. John Wood Loammi Baldwin 26 th Cont. Inf.        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr. 9, 1818-
Residence at date of application, Wells, York Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 67 born in Wells, Me. Died July 27, 1832 *
Remarks: 1829 mentioned his wife Keziah ae 66 -
Philip, Joshua + Thomas are the only children mentioned -
* from A.B.

MRS. ELLSWORTH LARKIN KELLEY 25 SEWARD STREET PUTNAM, CONN.
Jan 12-1925.
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Gentlemen.
Will you please send me copy of pension of Job Emery, who was placed on pension bill March 4. 1831 age 87 of and Berwick Me.
Henry Oliver, who died Oct 31. 1835 of Georgetown Maine
Yours very Truly
Mrs. E. L. Kelley

Rev
Ward
Dear Sir -
Can you tell me in what capacity Job Emery served in the Revolutionary War? I find in looking it up in ("The Descendants of John & Anthony Emery 1590 to 1890.") that
"In 1775 he was in capt James Hubbard's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment, and from Dec. 1775 to Dec. 1776 in capt. Wood's company,

Col Baldwin's Regiment; was at Bunker Hill; discharged at Morristown N. J. Dec. 1776.
Any information you may be able to give me will be greatly appreciated by
Yours truly
Mrs. E. L. Kelley
Putnam Connecticut May seventeenth.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Job Emery
Service _____
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim, except I# 297853

29 783 Rev. INVALID.
1909 May 26. Hist. to Mrs. E. L. Kelley 1925 Feb. 10 - Hist. to Mrs. E. L. Kelley u.s.
File No. 29,783
Job Emery Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 82
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See letter to B Palmer 19 Dec 1832
Specification sent to B Palmer Esq. June 1832, No. 5 May 1843
10,347
Maine
Job Emery
of Wills in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of May 1819 and sent to Geo: W. Willingford Esq. Kennebec, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 70  \frac{22.3}{30.31} 76.89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th  Sept. 1819 - 40.00
$134.89
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued York County

Copy.
Deeds.
Job Emery to Amariah Noble, of Hannibal,

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
I Job Emery of Kennebec in the county of York and state of Maine, yeoman, ————— in consideration of three hundred dollars ————— paid by Amariah Noble of said Kennebec, manner, —————
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Amariah Noble, his heirs and assigns, forever, a certain tract of land lying in Kennebec aforesaid, and bounded as follows, viz. on the north by Capt. Isaac Emery's land, on the east by Thomas Emery's and Philip Emery's house lots, and by a small piece of land given by me to my son Joshua, on the south by land formerly owned by Gideon Merrill, and westerly by Capt. Isaac Emery's land, which tract of land is the same that was purchased by me of Theodore Lyman of Boston; it being my homestead, together with the buildings on the same; reserving to myself during my natural life, the free use and improvement of one undivided half of said premises, with all the privileges, rents and profits arising from the said undivided half of said premises. Whereby meaning and intending that the above granted premises shall in no way with the three pieces of land given to my three sons, Philip, John & Thomas, —————
To HAVE and to HOLD the afore-granted premises to the said Noble , ————— his ————— heirs and assigns, to his & their use and behoof, forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Noble , ————— his ————— heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore-granted premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Noble , —————
AND that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Noble , ————— his ————— heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons, subject to the above reservations made by me.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Job Emery, —————
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this eighth ————— day of August, ————— in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, Martin M. H. Marques, Geo. Wheelwright.
Job Emery
York, ss. August 8,
1826.
THEN the above named Job Emery ————— acknowledged the above instrument to be his ————— free act and deed—before me,
George Wheelwright, Justice of the Peace. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.
Recorded according to the original, received September 1, 1826.
Copy of Record, book 123, page 220. Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

Copy.
Deed.
Job Emery of Kennebec. to Benjamin Wentworth, of Kennebec.
Search & copy . . . . . 37 1/2 Book 107, page 189.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
I Job Emery of Kennebec in the county of York in the state of Maine, yeoman, — — — — — in consideration of one hundred dollars, — — — — — paid by Benjamin Wentworth of said Kennebec, yeoman,
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said
Benjamin Wentworth, his heirs and assigns, a certain piece of salt marsh lying in Kennebec aforesaid, in said marsh so called, and containing four acres, be the same more or less, bounded as follows, to wit: on the south side by a creek, and on all other sides by a ditch which separates it from marsh owned by Richard and Samuel Boothby; it being the same piece of marsh which I purchased of Stephen Webber.
[Large decorative flourish with multiple loops and the number 11]
To HAVE and to HOLD the afore-granted premises to the said Benjamin Wentworth, his — — — — — heirs and assigns, to his — — — — — use and behoof forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Benjamin Wentworth, his — — — — — heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore-granted premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Benjamin Wentworth, — — — — —
AND that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Benjamin Wentworth, his — — — — — heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Job Emery, and I Kezia's wife of the said Job, in token of the relinquishment of my right of dower in the premises aforesaid,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this seventh — — — — — day of March, — — — — — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, Geo. Wheelwright, Burlington, wit- ness to Job Emery's signature. Abigail Wentworth.
Job Emery [seal] Kezia's X Emery [seal] mark
York, ss. Arundel, March 7,
1821.
THEN the above named Job Emery — — — — — acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed—before me,
Geo. Wheelwright, Justice of the Peace. Recorded according to the original, received August 28, 1821. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.
Copy of Record, book 107, page 189. Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

Job Emery
of Wells, Dist. Maine-
Revolutionary Soldier Col. Baldwin's Reg. Mass. June 1775- 1 year. dec. 9 April 1818
Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss.
ON this 22 nd day of April 1818, before me, the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the first Eastern District, in said Commonwealth, personally appears Job Emery, resident in Wells in said county of York and late aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration—in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled “an act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war.” That he, the said Job Emery, being now
sixty seven years of age did, about the first of May 1775 enlist as a private soldier into the continental army for the term of eight months, in the company then commanded by Capt James Hubbard, in the regiment under command of Col Doolittle, of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued to do duty in said company & regiment at the camp, in Cambridge, and its vicinity, until about the last of December of the said year, when his time expired — and the said Emery further made oath that soon after his said term of service had expired he again enlisted for the term of twelve months into a company commanded by Capt John Wood, in the regiment of which Col Loammi Baldwin which was a continental Regiment of the Massachusetts line and that he continued to do his duty in said company & regiment at the various places, at which the same was stationed until the said twelve months were ended, which was January 1777 and at the request of the officers he the said Emery continued to duty for the term of six weeks longer, when he was honorably discharged and returned home, but thinks he had not nor had the other soldiers, at that time, any written discharge
And that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Benj. Greene
I BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern District, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Job Emery did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I further certify that the declarant is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Wells — this
twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord 1818
1 Benj. Greene

Quoniam Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
J. Brooks
Know ye, That Samuel Jackson Prescott Esquire is a Notary Public and a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, within and for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1818, and in the forty third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Holden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

United States
of America.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. } Boston. }
ON this fourteenth Day of July , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , before me, SAMUEL JACKSON PRESCOTT , Esquire, Notary Pub- lic, by Legal Authority duly admitted and sworn, and dwelling in BOSTON , aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace, and of the Quorum, within and for the said County of Suffolk, personally appeared Sylvanus Hood of Wobourn , in the County of Middlesex , and Commonwealth aforesaid, Gentleman, and formerly a Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution, and in the years 1776 and 1777 an Ensign in the said war of the Revolution, in the Company commanded by Captain John Wood , in the Regiment of which Loami Baldwin was Colonel, in the Massachusetts Line ; at the same time came also and personally appeared Jedidiah Gooch of Wells , in the County of York , in said Commonwealth, Yeoman, who was a private Soldier in said Capt. John Wood's Company, and in the same Regiment commanded by the said Col. Baldwin , in said Massachusetts Line , and after being duly cautioned and sworn, severally made solemn oath that they are well acquainted with Job Emery of the aforesaid Town of Wells , Yeoman, otherwise called Labourn , now present, and that it is a fact within their own knowledge that he, the said Job Emery , was a Continental Soldier, in the said Captain John Wood's Company, in the said Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line , of which the said Loami Baldwin

Deponent was Colonel, and that they, the said Deponents both and each of them, to wit, the said Sylvanus Wood as an Ensign and the said Jedidiah Gosh, as a private soldier, served in the said Capt. John Wood's company against the common enemy one full year, without intermission or absence, and that he, the said Job Emery, was during the whole of said term of one full year, to wit, from about the first of March 1776 to about the first of March 1777, a private soldier in said Capt. John Wood's said Company, and present and acting against the com- mon enemy, as a good and faithful soldier, without intermission or absence, during the whole of said term, as aforesaid, and also that the said Company and Regiment were on the Continental establishment, and that all the Officers of said Company & Regiment were Continental Officers, and also that the said Job Emery during the whole of said term of one year sustained the character of a good soldier, as aforesaid - And the said Deponents also made solemn oath that they verily believe that said Job Emery, by reason of his re- duced circumstances in life, needs assistance from his Country for support - and further that they, the said Deponents, are as together disinterested witnesses - The said Deponents also solemnly made solemn oath, that, at the expiration of said one year, as aforesaid, they solemnly, together with said Job Emery, were honor- ably discharged from the said Continental service - although according to their present recollection no individual soldier of the aforesaid Company & Regiment received a written dis- charge . - In true testimony whereof both

both and each of the said Deponents have hereunto subscribed their names, in my presence, and have been duly and severally sworn to the truth of the Premises, by oath solemnly taken before me, the said Notary & Justice.
In Witness whereof, and for making these Presents of full force and effect, and as the said Deponents are persons not only disinterested, but also of good name and credit, I, the said Notary and Justice, do hereby de- clare the same to be a Public Act, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the same; and in testimony thereof, I have not only hereunto subscribed my name, but have also affixed my Seal of Office, the day and year first within written.
Silvanus Wood
Frederick Gough
J. Prescott, Notary Public Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum.